Violence is never a good thing, but protests are often a good thing. Our founders protected the right to protest for good reason. Treating peaceful protesters as though they are rioters undermines a sacred first principle of our freedom. pbs.org/newshour/show/portla…

Protests in Portland grow to 'many thousands' as police and federal forces converge in the city

The Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd continue to gain momentum in Portland, Oregon, where protesters have clashed with the police sparking another wave of demonstrati...

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Jul 27, 2020 · 4:05 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @Firestorm1776
This is just wrong to resort to violence against peaceful protesters, who is in charge of these officers bad behavior. Someone is going to get killed by one of these tigger happy idiot sooner or later.
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Peaceful??
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Do you not care about all the lives that have been taken and beaten of ALL skin color from the groups that are saying the are peaceful protestor ? All the innocent businesses that have suffered . Please take off your sunshades , we need to come together as one.
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"Protests" do NOT happen after midnight.. these are riots and anyone who cant see is lying. Burning buildings and cars, smashing windows, beating people isnt protesting. What are they protesting? Nothing just out to throw bottles at police and create chaos to undermine Trump.
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Do you condemn the violent rioters? Talk to them, ask them to stop destroying our cities.
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There is no right to riot. These hoodlums must be pulverized.
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The peaceful protestors need to call out the violent rioters. I’m telling you, I am on the fence vote wise and this looks bad for the democrats. I’ve been to many peaceful protests and Portland’s have been awful for the dems image.
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Very true.
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Mike Balsamo @MikeBalsamo1
27 Jul 2020
I spent the weekend inside the Portland federal courthouse w/ the US Marshals. Mortars were being fired off repeatedly, fireworks & flares shot into the lobby, frozen bottles, concrete, cans & bouncy balls regularly whizzed over the fence at high speeds. apnews.com/1dd1bb39093a3691f…
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“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle ...
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